ColaLife in Schools

There is a young and very creative teacher at Acton High School called Emma Berry (don’t ask) who wove ColaLife into a recent classroom session for year 5 children getting ready to move up to secondary school. Emma used existing ColaLife media (on Flickr and YouTube) to produce the above “Prezi’ on ColaLife. The children then used ColaLife AidPod kits (you can get your own through the Buzzbnk) to make model AidPods and decorate them.

Emma said:

The ColaLife story is a fantastic way to engage young people with the challenges faced by children their own age all over the world. With a potential solution to serious world issues ColaLife is a positive way to introduce and discuss child mortality – encouraging the next generation to do something to make a difference.

The children were really engaged and covered the following in one session: